1895 United States Senate special election in California

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1895 United States Senate special election in California

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| flag_image = First Bear Flag of California (1846).svg{{!}}border

| previous_election = 1891 United States Senate election in California

| previous_year = 1891

| next_election = 1897 United States Senate election in California

| next_year = 1897

| election_date = January 23, 1895

| votes_for_election = Majority vote of each house needed to win

| 1blank = Senate

| 2blank = Percentage

| 3blank = House

| 4blank = Percentage

| image1 = Senator George Clement Perkins 3x4.jpg

| nominee1 = George C. Perkins

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| 1data1 = 20

| 2data1 = 50.00%

| 3data1 = 42

| 4data1 = 54.55%

| image2 = M. H. de Young 1885 3x4.jpg

| nominee2 = M. H. de Young

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| 1data2 = 4

| 2data2 = 10.00%

| 3data2 = 12

| 4data2 = 15.58%

| image3 = John Daggett circa 1885 3x4.jpg

| nominee3 = John Daggett

| party3 = Democratic Party (United States)

| 1data3 = 5

| 2data3 = 12.50%

| 3data3 = 7

| 4data3 = 9.09%

| image4 = W. W. Foote 1898 3x4.jpg

| nominee4 = William W. Foote

| party4 = Democratic Party (United States)

| 1data4 = 2

| 2data4 = 5.00%

| 3data4 = 7

| 4data4 = 9.09%

| image5 = Jacob H. Neff, 1899.jpg

| nominee5 = Jacob H. Neff

| party5 = Republican Party (United States)

| 1data5 = 0

| 2data5 = 0.00%

| 3data5 = 5

| 4data5 = 6.49%

| image6 = Maguire, Hon. J.G Alt Crop.jpg

| nominee6 = James G. Maguire

| party6 = Democratic Party (United States)

| 1data6 = 2

| 2data6 = 5.00%

| 3data6 = 0

| 4data6 = 0.00%

| title = Senator

| before_election = George C. Perkins

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = George C. Perkins

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

}}

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The 1895 United States Senate special election in California was held on January 23, 1895, by the California State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator (Class 3) to represent the State of California in the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican Senator George Clement Perkins, who was appointed by Governor Henry Markham to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Leland Stanford in 1893, was re-elected to a full term in office, defeating newspaper publisher and fellow Republican M. H. de Young, Democratic former Lieutenant Governor John Daggett, and several other minor challengers.{{cite news |author= |date=25 January 1895 |title=Perkins is Senator |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OWM18950125.2.63&srpos=2&e=------189-en--20--1--txt-txIN-Perkins+%22de+Young%22+Senate----1895--- |work=Oroville Weekly Mercury |location=Oroville |access-date=26 October 2024}}